Coal Bios

Robert Jerry Edwards, Sr.

Section Foreman

Job: Section Foreman
Shift: DayNicknames: "Wildman," "The Boss"
After 30+ years in the mining industry, Jerry is looking to move up to a Supervisor position and get out of the hole. Over the years he’s suffered multiple leg and shoulder injuries from mine ceiling collapses and whiplash from a snapped cable. He works alongside his son Jerry, Jr. who he’s training on the day shift and to continue the family mining tradition. Jerry is one of the most outspoken men on the shift and also the biggest prankster of the group.